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34 Cards in this Set
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Parvoviruses
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ssDNA
-Gastroenteritis |
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Adenovirus
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dsDNA
-Respiratory infections |
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Papillomavirus (Human Wart Virus)
(include transmission) |
dsDNA
-Trans: direct contact, STD (direct contact) -Human warts, benign (non-spreading, non cancerous) tumors, genital warts (increases chance of cervical cancer) |
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Orthopoxvirus (poxvirus)
(include transmission) |
dsDNA
-Trans: respiratory secretion, direct contact with open lesions -Small pox |
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What type of infections are herpes viruses (list the viruses)
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Latent infection
-Dormant -(ie. spinal cord) -Herpes simplex I & II, Varicella Zoster Virus, Herpes Zoster, and Epstein-Barr virus |
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Herpes simplex I virus (HSV)
(include transmission) |
dsDNA
-Oral cavity -Trans: respiratory secretion, direct contact -Fever blisters, cold sores |
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Herpres simplex II virus (HSV)
(include transmission) |
dsDNA
-Trans: direct contact -Genital herpes, cervical cancer, herpes of newborn and fetus |
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How would a newborn/fetus contract Herpes Simplex II virus? How would it affect newborns
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Newborn:
-contract from birth canal -Cause brain damage, blindness, deafness Fetus: -May cross placenta |
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Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) (Herpesvirus III)
(include transmission) |
dsDNA
-Trans: respiratory secretion -Chicken pox (childhood) |
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Herpes Zoster
(include transmission) |
dsDNA
-Trans: mutates from VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) -Shingles (adulthood) |
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Epstein-Barr virus
(include transmission) |
dsDNA
-Trans: saliva -Infectious mononucleosis, chronic fatigue syndrome |
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Hepatitis B virus
(include transmission) |
dsDNA
-Trans: body fluids -Serum Hepatitis (Hepatitis B) (progressive liver infection; chronic, long term liver disease) |
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Hepatitis A virus
(include transmission & treatment) |
ssRNA (Enterovirus)
-Trans: oral fecal -Infectious Hepatitis (non-chronic liver disease) -Treat: Gamma globulin shot (reformed antibodies) |
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Poliovirus
(include transmission & list 2 vaccines) |
ssRNA (Enterovirus)
-Trans: oral-fecal -Poliomyelitis (Polio) (Paralysis > respiratory failure -Vaccine: Salk & Sabin |
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Describe the Salk vaccine (include how capsid looks, chemical used)
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Inactivated vaccine (1954) (Polio)
-"Dead vaccine" inactivated by Formalin -Capsid is chopped up into pieces |
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Describe the Sabin vaccine
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Attenuated vaccine (1963) (Polio)
-"Living vaccine" genetically altered to remove virulent factors |
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Rhinovirus (cold viruses)
(include transmission, vaccine) |
ssRNA
-Trans: formite > hands > mouth -Common cold, bronchitis -Vaccine: No due to fast mutation of virus |
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Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)
(include transmission) |
ssRNA
-Trans: oral-fecal -Liver infection (non-chronic, short term) |
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Arboviruses
(include transmission) |
ssRNA
-Trans: arthropod vectors (ie. mosquitoes) -Eastern/Western Equine Encephalitis (EEE/WEE) |
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Rubella virus
(include transmission) |
ssRNA
-Trans: respiratory secretion -Rubella (German measles) (mild infection for adults), Congenital Rubella Syndrome |
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Describe the effects of Congenital Rubella Syndrome
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1st trimester of pregnancy:
-Birth defects, blidness, deafness, mental retardation, death Congenital: can cross placenta |
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Flavivirus (Arbovirus)
(include transmission) |
ssRNA
-Trans: Arthropod vectors (ie. mosquitoes, fleas, flies) -Yellow fever (acute, chronic liver disease), Dengue fever (break bone fever) (sand flies, Dengue hemorrhagic fever: blled out, lungs fill with blood), St. Louis & West Nile Encephalitis (SLE & WNE) |
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Hepatitis C Virus
(include transmission) |
ssRNA
-Trans: body fluids, blood/plasma, tattoo (dyes) -Hepatitis (chronic liver disease) |
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Influenza Virus A, B, C
(include transmission & mutation) |
ssRNA
-Trans: respiratory secretion, birds (ducks) -Influenza mutations, secondary bacterial infections (ie. Haemophilus influenzae) (Step. pneumoniae, Staph, aureus) |
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Paramyxovirus
(include transmission & vaccine) |
ssRNA
-Trans: respiratory -Mumps (parotid salivary glands), Measles (Rubeola) (very contagious) (1/1000 gets encephalitis) -MMR vaccine (Mumps, Measles, Rubella) |
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Lyssavirus (Rabies virus)
(include transmission) |
ssRNA
-Trans: contact with infected saliva of animal -Rabies (fatal encephalitis) |
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Ebola virus
(include transmission) |
ssRNA
-Trans: contact with bodily fluid, respiratory, animal reservoir (ie. bats, green monkey) -Ebola fever (Hemorrhagic fever) |
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Marburg virus
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ssRNA
-Genetically engineered -Hemorrhagic fever |
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Hantavirus
(include transmission) |
ssRNA
-Trans: rodent's dried urine & feces (mouse, air born) -Pulmonary distress syndrome, Hemorragic fever |
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Bunyavirus (California Encephalitis virus)
(include transmission) |
ssRNA
-Trans: mosquitoes -California Encephalitis |
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Hepatitis D virus
(include transmission & requirement for disease) |
ssRNA
-Trans: body fluids -Hepatitis (acute infection, severe liver damage) -Defective RNA virus by itself, requires coinfection with Hepatitis B virus |
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Retrovirus: Oncoviruses
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dsRNA
-Tumors, cancers (leukemia) |
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Retrovirus: Lentivirus (HIV)
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dsRNA
-Acquired Human Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) |
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Describe Retroviruses
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-Includes all RNA tumor viruses & HIV virus
-Includes Reverse Transcription viruses that contain Reverse Transcriptase and also produces a Provirus |